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  • n  a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

  • There is le petit Marcel in his fur-lined greatcoat, posed like a sad Charlie Chaplin.
  • On a railroad siding, General Vladimir Petrov, chief of Russian rail transportation in Berlin, sweated in his greatcoat as he directed other Russian officers who hooked engines to .
  • His facile French got him a ride from a French-Canadian who could not see the German tunic under his passenger's civilian greatcoat.
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  • Kim Beazley in The Age
    Brendan Nelson should come out from behind Angus Houston's greatcoat and stand up before the people of Australia and instead of saying he's angry, say he's responsible and he's doing something about it,Mr Beazley told reporters.

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